July 4, 2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to follow the right direction and enhance solidarity and mutual trust, while stressing that the historical trend of peace, development and win-win cooperation is unstoppable.

Xi made the remarks while attending the SCO summit via video link on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the organization ushered in a symbolic move as Iran formally became a member on the same day, which experts said marked the second-round expansion of the SCO. Inclusion of more members can not only help elevate SCO's global influence, but also steel the organization for the impact of the ever-changing international situation, said experts. 

Observers also said that with Western countries' hostile moves, especially US' enhanced effort to disunite SCO members, it's time for the organization's member countries to strengthen mutual trust and dialogue, as well as cooperation on wider-ranging issues, including those in the economic field. They slammed Western media's hype that the Russia-Ukraine crisis might shadow the summit as "narrow-minded" perception of the SCO, an organization that focuses more on wide-range cooperation.

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